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Do Healthier Diets Cost More?

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  • Ranney, Christine K.
  • McNamara, Paul E.

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Do healthier diets cost more? We estimate a hedonic regression model of the U.S. diet. Given food expenditures and information on dietary intake we infer the marginal cost of improved quality. MeetingthePyramidrecommendationsimpliesdecreasedexpendituresfromtwoofthe seven food groups.

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  • Ranney, Christine K. & McNamara, Paul E., 2002. "Do Healthier Diets Cost More?," Working Papers 127305, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:cudawp:127305
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.127305
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